Man in Black – a song about Johnny Cash
Time is slipping away from me
slipping away with a fast stride
do I still feel
do I feel pain
dear Johnny
everyone leaves
many already have
you’ve gone,
and our dirty empires
inflict pain
a false throne
a crown of thorns
things we cannot fix
we have disappointed the world
they talk about a new beginning
and about running miles away
we would be the same
we…, children of some new flower
you can run, run, run
run, run, run for a long time
but God will catch you sooner or later
men in black
who hurt with pain
who know, who feel
who understand
it is a dream
of a different world
for the poor, the rejected, the despised
for the hungry…,
for the imprisoned paying for their crime
for all the victims of our time
we move forward, while billions stay behind
we will carry at least a fragment of darkness on our backs
until things grow brighter
that is the dream of the Man in Black
Johnny — that is our only dream.
©By Dominis
Čovjek u crnom - pjesma o Johnnyu Cashu
Vrijeme mi bježi
brzim korakom bježi
osjećam li još uvijek
osjećam li bol
dragi Johnny
svi odlaze
mnogi već jesu
otišo si,
a naša prljava carstva
nanose bol
lažni tron
kruna od trnja
stvari koje ne možemo popraviti
razočarali smo svijet
govore o novom početku
i da pobjegnemo miljama daleko
bili bi isti
mi..., djeca nekog novog cvijeća
možeš bježati, bježati, bježati
trčati, trčati, trčati dugo vremena
ali Bog će te prije ili kasnije dohvatiti
ljudi u crnom
koje boli bol
koji znaju, osjećaju
razumiju
to je san
drugačijeg svijeta
za siromašne, odbačene, prezrene
za gladne...,
za zatvorene što otplaćuju svoj zločin
za sve žrtve našeg vremena
idemo naprijed, a milijarde drugih ostaju iza
ponijet ćemo bar djelić tame na leđima
dok stvari ne budu svjetlije
to je san Čovjeka u crnom
Johnny - to je naš jedini san.
©By Dominis
